"Schopenhauer tells us of a colony of porcupines wont to huddle together...able neither to tolerate nor to do without one another, until they discovered that when they stood at a certain distance..they could delight in one another's individuality and enjoy one another's company. Unknown to themselves they'd invented civil association"

Friday, June 10, 2011

Ken Minogue on our current democracy

"We must face up to the grim fact that the rulers we elect are losing patience with us.....Our rulers are theoretically 'our' representatives, but they are busy turning us into the instruments of the projects they keep dreaming up."